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Palestinian teachers' strike hurts boy
Sep 3 2006 11:20PM (CT)
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Masked militants trying to keep students away from school during a politically charged Palestinian teachers' strike on Sunday shot and wounded a 12-year-old boy.
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Iran snubs U.N. chief over nuke program
Sep 3 2006 9:51PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The U.N. chief got little satisfaction Sunday at the close of his trip to Tehran, snubbed by Iran's leader over international demands to stop enriching uranium and ignored in warnings not to incite hatred by questioning the Holocaust.
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Al-Qaida in Iraq's No. 2 is captured
Sep 3 2006 8:57PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Authorities on Sunday announced the capture of al-Qaida in Iraq's No. 2 leader, accusing him of "brutal and merciless" terror operations, including the bombing of a Shiite shrine that touched off the sectarian bloodletting pushing Iraq toward civil war.
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Bomb blast in Turkish cafe kills 2
Sep 3 2006 6:24PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A remote-controlled bomb exploded Sunday in a tea garden in southeastern Turkey, killing two people and wounding seven, a local government official said.
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Dad says no progress on captive soldier
Sep 3 2006 5:58PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The father of a soldier held captive by Gaza militants for more than two months said Sunday there has been no progress in the intensive efforts to free his son.
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Israeli minister rules out Syria talks
Sep 3 2006 5:47PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's foreign minister on Sunday ruled out peace talks with Syria for now, saying Damascus must first end its support for Lebanese and Palestinian extremists.
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Latest al-Qaida message seen as PR bid
Sep 3 2006 5:34PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The new al-Qaida video featuring an American calling for his countrymen to convert to Islam raised fears it signaled an imminent attack, but experts in the region said Sunday it is more likely a bid to soften the terror group's image.
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Kurdish leader threatens Iraq secession
Sep 3 2006 5:13PM (CT)
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - The leader of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq threatened secession Sunday as a dispute over flying the Iraqi flag intensified.
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Lebanese officials scoff at Israel talks
Sep 3 2006 4:48PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Italian soldiers moved into southern Lebanon in trucks and armored vehicles Sunday as the first big wave of international peacekeepers took up positions to monitor a shaky truce between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. Lebanese officials scoffed at an Israeli call for peace talks.
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Annan: Iran wants nuclear program talks
Sep 3 2006 2:08PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants negotiations on Iran's nuclear program but won't halt uranium enrichment ahead of talks, U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Sunday after meeting with the Iranian leader. Annan's two-day visit to Tehran comes after Iran ignored a United Nations deadline to halt uranium enrichment by the end of August, opening the door to possible sanctions.
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Roadside bomb kills 2 GIs in Baghdad
Sep 3 2006 11:07AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers Sunday in Baghdad, and two Marines were reported killed in combat in a volatile province west of the capital, the military said.
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Annan questions Iran Holocaust exhibit
Sep 3 2006 10:38AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, visiting Iran Saturday, raised concerns with officials over an exhibition of cartoons about the Holocaust that opened in response to Muslim outrage over the Prophet Muhammad caricatures.
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No. 2 al-Qaida leader in Iraq arrested
Sep 3 2006 8:19AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi forces have arrested the second most senior operative in al-Qaida in Iraq, and the group now suffers from a "serious leadership crisis," the national security adviser said Sunday.
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Iran to host conference on Holocaust
Sep 3 2006 4:05AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran said Sunday it would sponsor a conference to examine the scientific evidence supporting the Holocaust, dismissing it as exaggerated.
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